When asked specifically whether the UK could expect to get its hands on the Huawei D quad, Pocket-lint was met with an “absolutely” and that it would have news on its arrival later in the year.

While we’ll reserve judgment on the “world’s fastest” claims until we have a proper play with it, it certainly impressed in terms of speed at MWC, while svelte design left us wanting a longer play.

It also runs on Android's Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) operating system and that speed we mentioned, well that's courtesy of Huawei's own K3V2 processor, clocked at 1.2/1.5GHz.

No word on pricing – we imagine this will still be being thrashed out with operators – but if Huawei really do see it as a competitor to other flagship devices, we’d expect it to be available on a £35 - £40 a month contract.